It Hurts Me Too - Dr. G. B. Burt
Dr. G.B. Burt (b.1/30/37) was born in Birmingham AL. During WWII his family moved to west coast where his father went to work in the shipyards. In 47 his family moved back to Alabama and then on to Florida often migrating to wherever his dad could find work. He comes from a musical family. His mother played the piano and sang gospel music. His father and uncles Arthur and Herbert Burt were all blues guitarists. G.B. took up the guitar and playing the blues when he was in his teens and has kept it up ever since. When he was 14 he began to box. In 54 he fought in the Golden Gloves tournament and later he trained with Alvin Blues Lewis who went on to fight Muhammad Ali. When he was 30 he married and settled down and found work with Ford Motors in Michigan. After nearly 10 years he went out on his own, bought a wrecker truck and became an independent mechanic, a job he continues to this day. Inspired by watching the feature film on Lead Belly he bought a 12 –string guitar that he has st...